Export of 1 million 900 thousand dollars of handmade carpets from Golestan
Deputy Minister of Commerce and Trade Development of Golestan Industry, Mining and Trade Organization said: 1 million and 967 thousand dollars of handmade carpets were exported from this province during the first 9 months of this year.
Darvish Ali Hassanzadeh stated: This export includes all kinds of handmade carpets and rugs in different sizes and designs produced by carpet weavers in the province.
He stated that the export destinations of these carpets are Kazakhstan, Persian Gulf countries and a number of European countries and added: Development of target markets, identification of new markets and studies on changing customers’ tastes play an important role in maintaining and improving the share of Iranian handmade carpets in It has global markets.
Hassanzadeh announced the number of carpet and rug weavers in the province as 70,000, which was the result of their efforts in the first 9 months of this year to weave 34,000 square meters of carpets.
He specified: a large volume of the province’s weaving artists’ products are exported from other outlets of the country, which in order to determine and document the real amount of Golestan handmade carpet exports, traders from the province’s customs to export these items.
The deputy of Golestan Industry, Mining and Trade Organization also reminded about supporting the artists of this art industry: Carpet weaving insurance is one of the services provided by the government for carpet weavers and so far 14 thousand and 772 people have been covered by social security.
Golestan has long been the cradle of the production of handmade carpets, including Turkmen carpets, but in recent years, this valuable art has been threatened for various reasons.
The beautiful and eye-catching Turkmen carpet, which is world-famous, is threatened by various factors, such as the poor quality of raw materials, disregard for the market and customer tastes, and most importantly, carpets from neighboring countries, which may sometimes have the same name in the market. Our country should also be presented, he said.
According to statistics, the largest number of 70,000 carpet weavers in Golestan province are Turkmen carpet weavers who need help in the field of education, supply of raw materials and most importantly marketing.
The fabric of Turkmen carpets is often tied by women and girls who, from childhood, have been loved by their mothers since they were one or two years old, so that their art becomes world famous and the markets and art lovers of the world buy these beautiful hand-woven fabrics.
The original Turkmen rug is a mental or memorized weave, and in the production of this hand-woven rug, Turkmen women tie their ideals and ideas with the desired colors on the rug to put a beautiful and meaningful picture in front of the viewers.
More than 811 designs and symbols have been woven on Turkmen handmade carpets in Golestan province, which are said to have a history of more than six thousand years.
Regarding the stages of preparation of raw materials and carpet weaving, it should be said that the Turkmens weave the wool needed for carpet weaving after spinning and dyeing, on the Qurama machine (a simple horizontal machine that is for tribes and nomads).
Most Turkmen rugs are red due to the use of red beads and rhubarb.
The designs used by the Turkmen in the weaving of carpets are more broken and geometric, and are similar to the Bukhara designs, which are called akhal.
The background of this type of rugs is decorated with inscriptions or rhombus-shaped frames that are connected by cross lines.
The main motifs of Turkmen hand-woven flowers are ‘gol or tamgha’, meaning pond of water, and are referred to as rhombic or octagonal flowers.
The most important of these motifs and flowers that are used in Turkmen weaves are snake flower, pure flower, flower shelf, flower pot, flower piece, ansi, trout flower, tonic flower, flower flower, flower flower, crown flower, Panjaragol, Aq Naghsh, Gol Panjeh, Arsari Gol, Dali and Bashir.
Most carpet weavers of Golestan province live in Gonbad Kavous, Kalaleh, Maraveh Tappeh, Minoodasht, Aliabad Katoul, Aq Qala, Bandar-e Turkmen and Azadshahr.
Golestani weavers in the form of 9 cooperatives and workshops create this art of industries and according to the role of carpets in currency exchange and job creation in the country, considering the tastes of customers, supplying carpet raw materials and creating a bridge between weaver, designer and painter The most important factor in the production of quality carpets will be.